NEWS
High Library starts plant-loaning program
Starting this semester, students now have the opportunity to borrow a plant from the High Library. On January 24th, the library hosted a plant potting party in the Idea Lab, at which students were able to plant one of the library’s 50 plants and take it home. Some of these plants were donated by students
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Today’s Tech: Lawmakers combat AI
2024 is an election year, and while it seems to be a repeat of 2020, there is one new player in the game: Artificial Intelligence (AI). People around the world are expressing concerns over how AI can skew the results of the elections. AI can be used to create incriminating videos or audios of candidates
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New ID cards issued to students
Over the winter, Campus Security was hard at work implementing a new change: students have now been issued brand-new ID cards. As of this semester, the old ID cards will not work for any of the scanners on campus, and can be disposed of into a black box located in the Mail Services room in
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CAMPUS LIFE
Media Review: Get lost in a story with the “Blood and Ash” series
The New York Times best-seller “Blood and Ash” series written by Jennifer L. Armentrout is a high fantasy series that follows the Maiden, a girl named Penelope, aka Poppy. She is fated to Ascend soon. She isn’t allowed to speak to or touch anyone but a select few. Hiding her face with a white cloth,
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Job Spotlight: How Blue Jay Ambassadors welcome potential students
Do you remember when you first arrived at Elizabethtown College? Some things stand out for all of us: submitting your application, attending an open house, decision day and the glorious moment when we first move into our first-year dorm. But before we met our peer mentors, before we met with professors and maybe even before
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Horoscopes: Which music video represents your sign?
Happy spring, Blue Jays! I don’t know about you, but I’ve been on a music video binge lately, and it brought to mind a question: what music video represents each Zodiac sign? That’s what we’ll be looking at today, and, as an added bonus, I’ve picked videos for each sign by artists of that same
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SPORTS
The March Madness hype begins
As we are approaching the middle of March, to some this may seem just like any other month, but for NCAA basketball fans, it is finally the long-awaited March Madness season. Going into the 2022 March Madness tournament, there has been a lot of excitement, as the last “normal” tournament was back in 2019. In
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The Hershey Bears look for their 3,000th win
The Hershey Bears scored a 2-1 victory at Bridgeport last Friday, March 11. Defenseman Lucas Johansen scored the first goal for Hershey, shooting the puck into the net at only 5 minutes and 4 seconds into the game to give the Bears an early 1-0 lead. It was the first time Hershey has scored in
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Elizabethtown College vs Salisbury Baseball Doubleheader
Sunday, March 13, the Elizabethtown College baseball team faced off against Salisbury University in a doubleheader in Salisbury, Md. Salisbury tamed Etown by winning both games 6-4 and 15-2. The Blue Jays were hit hard with two obstacles: the weather and Salisbury. Throughout the week, the weather had been fairly warm and calm. However, as
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FEATURES
Germans waking up at the Young Center
Dr. Andrew Kloes delivered a speech on nineteenth century German theology at 7pm. A presidential debate aired at 9pm. That stark contrast may challenge one to see the relevance of his history to our modern world. But looking a little closer, one can see something universal in his topic. Elizabethtown’s Young Center for Anabaptist and
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Virtual concert allows for remote engagement with arts, culture
On Thursday, Oct. 21 st at 7:30 p.m., Elizabethtown College’s Department of Music and Peacebuilding hosted a virtual concert showcasing American Samba band Os Clavelitos. Samba is a form of music that was created by Afro-Brazilians in Brazil and drew heavy inspiration from cultural expression of both West African and Brazilian folk music traditions. Samba
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Versatility, creativity showcased in printmaking display
How might an artist depict his experiences in the Vietnam War? How might another incorporate stamps of Spock from Star Trek into his work? The answers to these questions (and more) are on display as a part of the Elizabethtown College’s new art exhibit: “Print-Making an Impression.” Located at both the Hess Gallery in Zug
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